Nelson Mandela Foundation

‘It’s in our hands’ - Middelburg youth highlight HIV/AIDS issues

Dec 1, 2007 – It’s 1pm and about 30°C in Mhluzi, a township just outside the coal-mining town of Middelburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. People melt into St Peter’s Lutheran Church, ushered in by the loudhailers of the local police announcing an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in the area as well as by promotional inserts on the local radio station, Greater Middelburg FM (GMFM). The Middelburg event is the third event in a series of community dialogues funded by the Nelson Mandela Foundation leading up to the 46664 concert on December 1, World AIDS Day.